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CVE-2005-2377

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2005-07-26 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

nss_ldap 181 to versions before 213, as used in Mandrake Corporate Server and Mandrake 10.0, and other operating systems, does not properly handle a SIGPIPE signal when sending a search request to an LDAP directory server, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crond and other application crash) if they can cause an LDAP server to become unavailable. NOTE: it is not clear whether this attack scenario is sufficient to include this item in CVE.

Affected Platforms

Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate ServerMandrakesoft Mandrake Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References